Measuring Critical Thinking with Hartman Value Profile (HVP)

The Critical Thinking assessment, built on the work of Dr. Robert S. Hartman and Wayne Carpenter, looks at how you judge the world and yourself. It measures two things: how clearly you understand a situation and how much importance you give it. People who score well typically show strong analysis, problem solving, job knowledge, and overall performance. When judgment is weak, poor decisions become more likely. Once you see your limits and blind spots, you can account for them and make more balanced choices.

Much of this happens below the surface. Your brain often starts deciding before you are fully aware of it. Those judgments are shaped by many factors, including your behavioral style, emotional intelligence, training and practice, and reasoning ability. Understanding these influences helps you slow down, think clearly, and choose your next step with confidence.

Critical Thinking | Hartman Value Profile (HVP)

The HVP measures decision-making, judgment, and critical thinking by evaluating how you prioritize and interpret value.

＞ Spot strengths and blind spots in your decision-making

＞ Improve leadership with sharper judgment and perspective

＞ Predict performance in roles requiring analysis and problem-solving

Critical Thinking with HVP Assessment
Measure Critical Thinking

This assessment measures and provides insight into our Thinking Style, made up of 2 key areas – Critical Processing Patterns and Thinking Strengths & Abilities:

Critical Processing Patterns are evaluated in:

• Intuitive Thinking: The ability to see, understand and appreciate the uniqueness in others and in situations; having a gut instinct.
• Practical Thinking: The ability to see, understand and compare the functional worth of things and the short-term outcomes of a situation or event.
• Systems/Conceptual Thinking: The ability to see understand and appreciate the need for order, structure, standards and big picture thinking.

Thinking Strengths & Abilities are evaluated in:

• Personal Strengths: The commitment to personal standards, ownership of problems and self-awareness in an effort to effectively negotiate relationships and situations.
• Execution Ability: The capacity for action, goal directedness, ability to focus and determination to create strategic plans and expectations.
• Objective Ability: The ability to be positive, open and dynamic, determine relevance, solve problems and make objective decisions while considering all aspects of a situation.

Clarity/Understanding
& Attention/Bias

The stronger the rating in Critical Thinking, the more information you can clearly see and process effectively to reach the best decisions. Ratings are based on a combination of two factors:

• Clarity/Understanding: the ability to see and understand the different areas of your Thinking Style
  The greater your clarity, the more accuracy and precision you will have in judgement in that area.
• Attention/Bias: how you appreciate and value the different areas of your Thinking Style
  The greater your attention, the more importance and value you place in that area.

Why understanding Critical Thinking with HVP matters

Critical Thinking with HVP shows how your brain filters information and makes choices. It gives you a clear picture of your thinking pattern. Like music or sports, thinking skills improve with practice. When you see your biases, values, strengths, limits, and blind spots, you can account for them and make balanced, conscious decisions.

How to use it for better decisions

The goal is awareness that leads to intention. Our brains are not always perfectly rational, so anchor decisions in the most important facts and check your thinking. If you lean toward Practical Judgment, you may favor immediate, useful results. Balance that by asking what your intuition suggests and what the broader system or concept requires. Bring choices into conscious discussion rather than running on autopilot. Pair these insights with your EIQ, your Motivators, your DISC style, and your learning preferences. You will see where your thinking and your communication align, and where there may be tension to manage.